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  • The Radio

    Gayle Worland

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Provides an introduction to the history and development of the radio and explains how a radio works. Includes information on some of the scientists and inventors who were influential of the invention of the radio.
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  • The Telephone

    Marc Tyler Nobleman

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Provides an introduction to the history and development of the telephone and explains how a telephone works. Includes information on Alexander Graham Bell and some of the other inventors who were influential of the invention of the telephone.
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  • The Sewing Machine

    Rebekah Dorn

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2004)
    Provides an introduction to the history and development of the sewing machine and explains how a sewing machine works. Includes information on some of the inventors who were influential of the invention of the sewing machine.
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  • The Computer

    Gayle Worland

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Provides an introduction to the history and development of the computer and explains how a computer works. Includes information on some of the scientists and inventors who were influential of the invention of the computer.
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  • The Cotton Gin

    Milton Meltzer

    Library Binding (Marshall Cavendish Corp, June 1, 2003)
    Explains the importance of cotton and the mechanics of the cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney in 1792, and describes how this invention enabled the expansion of the American slave trade.

  • Radio And Television

    Michael Teitelbaum

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub Secondary Lib, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Looks at the history of radio and television, their present-day use, and their evolution throughout the years.
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  • The Computer

    Gayle Worland

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Provides an introduction to the history and development of the computer and explains how a computer works. Includes information on some of the scientists and inventors who were influential of the invention of the computer.
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  • The Bicycle

    Larry Hills

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2004)
    Introduces the history and development of the bicycle and explains how a bicycle works. Includes information on some of the inventors who were influential of the invention of the bicycle.
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  • Transportation

    Paul Dowswell

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Traces the history of transportation, from the wheel in prehistoric times to modern-day supertankers and jumbo jets.
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  • The Camera

    Larry Hills

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2004)
    Provides an introduction to the history and development of the camera and explains how a camera works. Includes information on some of the inventors who were influential of the invention of the camera.
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  • The Automobile

    Julie L. Sinclair

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Provides an introduction to the history and development of the automobile and explains how an automobile works. Includes information on Henry Ford and other inventors who helped influence the invention of the automobile.
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  • The Airplane

    Julie L. Sinclair

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Provides an introduction to the history and development of the airplane and explains how an airplane works. Includes information on Orville and Wilbur Wright and other inventors who helped influence the invention of the airplane.
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